Photovoltaic system with improved DC connections and method of making same

Cioffi, Philip Michael; Todorovic, Maja Harfman; Herzog, Michael Scott; Korman, Charles Steven; Doherty, Donald M.; Johnson, Neil Anthony

Title: Photovoltaic system with improved DC connections and method of making same

Patent · Tue Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1364408

Cioffi, Philip Michael; Todorovic, Maja Harfman; Herzog, Michael Scott; Korman, Charles Steven; Doherty, Donald M.; Johnson, Neil Anthony

A micro-inverter assembly includes a housing having an opening formed in a bottom surface thereof, and a direct current (DC)-to-alternating current (AC) micro-inverter disposed within the housing at a position adjacent to the opening. The micro-inverter assembly further includes a micro-inverter DC connector electrically coupled to the DC-to-AC micro-inverter and positioned within the opening of the housing, the micro-inverter DC connector having a plurality of exposed electrical contacts.

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Research Organization:: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: EE0005344

Assignee:: General Electric Company

Patent Number(s):: 9,685,904

Application Number:: 14/055,024

OSTI ID:: 1364408

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Oct 16

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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